It is that even this limited ambition risks messing up the successful freight railways.

Quit does render all the effort meaningless.

放弃将会使所有的努力付之东流.

All their efforts came to nothing.

他们所有的努力都付之东流了.

Just think of all the futile efforts.

你想想,一切努力付之东流.

All the efforts of the continue ages will be blown away.

过去两年的一切努力将付之东流.

What I look at is the sacrifice of so much portable property.

我的意思是,好大一笔动产就这样付之东流了.

There are between the cup and the lip.

杯到嘴边还会洒.功亏一篑.

There is between the cup and lip.

杯到嘴巴还会洒.功亏一篑.

Between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip.

功亏一篑.

Attention must be dried out and so do the next step, or on a wasted!

注意一定要等变干了再做下一步, 要不就前功尽弃了!

Whatever water quality all the effort will be wasted if diseases are brought in.

不论如何努力管理水质,如果带入了疾病就前功尽弃了.

Her efforts were rendered futile by her own illness.

她因为生病而前功尽弃.

Each one must do his utmost or the labour of all is vain.

每个人都必须竭尽全力,否则就要前功尽弃.

It might mean undoing years of work.

这可能意味着多年的工作前功尽弃.

This caused the utmost anxiety and rendered all concentration futile.

这引起了莫大的焦虑,而且使一切力量的集中都前功尽弃.

Far from backing down , he pressed the attack ( Justin Kaplan )

他非但不打退堂鼓,反而竭力推行这次行动 ( 查士丁卡普兰 )

So many times I've been told something can't be done.

许多人一遇到障碍就打退堂鼓.

Please try to back out now that everything has been arranged.

现在一切都安排好了,请不要打退堂鼓.

But after all I could not recede.

但是我毕竟不能打退堂鼓.

I know that I will not be able to go backward.

我知道我是不会打退堂鼓的.

The trial was stopped and the results declared invalid.

审判被中止，判决结果被宣布无效。